(Beneficiaries avail free blood pressure checkup, bloodtyping, blood sugar testing and monitoring, height and weight check-up.)
MORE THAN a thousand recipients from mixed beneficiaries of elderly, pregnant and children were recently served by SM Foundation Medical Mission at SM City Telabastagan in the City of San Fernando.
The activity was under project “Gamot Para sa Kapwa” of SM Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of the SM Supermalls. The program aims to provide ancillary services to communities that have limited or no access to such services, to give literacy programs to enable communities and individuals to prevent and manage diseases and illnesses after the medical mission, and to provide an avenue to encourage health advocacy, multi-sectoral coordination and community participation.
This year’s activity spearheaded by SM Foundation Senior Project Manager of Health and Medical Program Dr. Bless Bertos in partnership with City Health Office headed by Dra. Eloisa Aquino with project coordinator Alfred Goingco, City Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Red Cross San Fernando Chapter and volunteer doctors and dentists of Jose B. Lingad Hospital, off er Free services including medical check-up and treatment, blood pressure check-up and dental check-up includes extraction.
Through the SM Foundation Mobile Clinic, diagnostic and laboratory services also provided such as chest X-ray and Electro Cardiograph (ECG). Apart from these medical services, free medicines for common illnesses and vitamins distributed to patients as prescribed by doctors.
Gamot Para sa Kapwa is conducted yearly wherein SM has malls and its barangay health center counterpart, the Felicidad T. Sy Wellness Center.
